Hinton Avenue Men's Recovery Residence Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Hinton Avenue Men's Recovery Residence is a men's sober living home on Hinton Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County.

A Men's Sober House Near Downtown Knoxville

Every resident here is male, so house meetings, bathrooms and the nightly routine all answer to one set of rules. Hinton Avenue sits in the Old North Knoxville area, a grid of early twentieth century houses a short distance from downtown and from the Broadway corridor that carries most of the city's north-side bus service.

Old North Knoxville and Access to the City

Downtown Knoxville, the Knox County courts and the University of Tennessee campus are all within a few miles, close enough that a resident without a car can reach a job, a meeting or a court date on the Knoxville Area Transit system. Broadway itself runs the length of the city's north side and connects this neighborhood directly to downtown.

What Tennessee Requires of Recovery Housing

Tennessee requires recovery residences to be certified, and two bodies certify homes in the state: the Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences and Recovery is the New High. Certification obliges a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and complaints reviewed outside the house. Anyone comparing men's sober living in Knox County should ask a house directly which body certifies it.

What to Ask Before Moving Into This Knoxville Sober House

Ask what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, what the curfew and chore expectations are, how a positive drug test is handled, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. A men's recovery home in Knox County should have straightforward answers to all five.